jayno wrote:I just opened Barca 2.5 and got a prompt to update to 2.8. I did so and clicked the box to keep my existing folders. The download and setup extracted files and instated the new version.
Sorry to hear something went wrong there. Are you sure you selected to upgrade and keep your current settings
To my horror, when the 2.8 version opened my last two years of very valuable emails had disappeared!
Never happened here and I installed the beta's and the current one on top.
I still have a desktop icon that opens my 2.5 version WITH all my emails still there, but when I go to Control Panel, Add/Remove software the list of software installed only shows Barca 2.8.
Sure, Add/Remove will only show the last version installed.
I am now worried about closing down my PC in case it deletes Barca 2.5. What should I do to avoid losing it? And can I get the 2.5 software back without corrupting the old version that still opens from my original icon?
It won't delete Barca 2.5, but just in case, make a backup of your 2.5 installation.
If 2.5 is still installed, you can continue using that.
Just delete the folder where you installed 2.8.
Seems to me 2.8 got installed into a new folder and not on top of the current one.
To verify open 2.8 and check your Directories. Change them if different and after pressing OK, exit Barca and restart.

Else reinstall 2.8 into another directory and afterwards do an import from previous installation, so all settings the way they were in 2.5 will stay in place.
Let me know how it goes.
